Venus (1948) #15

Marvel 1948–1952 series Cover date Aug 1951

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Fair market value

Grade	CGC slab	Raw
9.8 NM/M	$480 $408–$552	$210 $179–$242
9.6 NM+	$374 $318–$431	$168 $143–$193
9.4 NM	$292 $248–$336	$134 $114–$155
9.2 NM-	$228 $194–$262	$108 $91.39–$124
9.0 VF/NM	$178 $151–$204	$86.02 $73.12–$98.92
8.5 VF+	$139 $118–$159	$68.81 $58.49–$79.13
8.0 VF	$108 $91.89–$124	$55.05 $46.79–$63.31
7.0 FN/VF	$84.31 $71.66–$96.96	$44.04 $37.43–$50.65
6.0 FN	$65.77 $55.90–$75.64	$35.23 $29.95–$40.51
5.0 VG/FN	$51.30 $43.61–$58.99	$28.19 $23.96–$32.42
4.0 VG	$40.01 $34.01–$46.01	$22.55 $19.17–$25.93
2.0 GD	$31.21 $26.53–$35.89	$18.04 $15.33–$20.75
Raw, ungraded	—	$65.00 $55.25–$74.75

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About this issue

Venus #15 (1948) is issue #15 of Marvel's Venus (1948–1952), with a cover date of August 1951. Written by Bill Everett and drawn by Sol Brodsky and Bill Everett.

Creators

Writer: Bill Everett
Pencillers: Sol Brodsky, Bill Everett
Inkers: Sol Brodsky, Bill Everett
Letterer: Bill Everett
Cover artist: Bill Everett

Characters

The stories

“The Graveyard Waxworks”

A race of "underearth men" plans to rule the world and starts inhabiting the bodies of fresh corpses. Venus tricks them and exposes the subterranean fiends to sunlight, which makes them perish momentarily.

“The Day That Venus Vanished”

Crazed photographer Jerome Lenz takes a picture of Venus with his magic camera and animated photographic paper, turning her into a two-dimensional being. Whitney Hammond comes searching for Venus and saves the day.

“Escape from Death”

Handsome space pirate Kallam Raa is caught and sentenced to work in a labor colony. He can escape, but only aboard a spaceship full of outcasts with leprosy.

“The Living Dolls”

Professor Zorsky's carnival side show features "living dolls" who look too natural to be true. Venus and Whitney Hammond investigate and are threatened by Zorsky.

Credits, characters and story details from the Grand Comics Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.